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| 47 | 160 | It is not View more quotes about impossible">impossible to breathe during such a descent, particularly after the first moments, even in the rushing wind, but it is generally recommended that one do not do so. |
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| 47 | 157 | They began to turn back. |
| 47 | 158 | Out of the sun struck the great tarn. |
| 47 | 159 | As I had been trained to do I drew as deep a breath as possible before the dive began. |
| 47 | 160 | It is not impossible to breathe during such a descent, particularly after the first moments, even in the rushing wind, but it is generally recommended that one do not do so. |
| 47 | 161 | It is thought that breathing may effect the concentration, perhaps altering or complicating the relationship with the target. |
| 47 | 162 | The bird and the rider, in effect, are the projectile. |
| 47 | 163 | The tarn itself, it might be noted, does not draw another breath until the impact or the vicinity of the impact, if the strike fails to find its mark. |